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Young donation
Mt. Pleasant Public Library Board members Brian Carter, left, and Ed Kropa, right, along with Jeff Meyer, library director, center, display a large check, which symbolizes the bequest the library recently received from the Donald E. Young Estate. The library representative announced the donation of $387,617.69 to the library at Wednesday?s city council meeting. In addition to the public library, the Young estate ...
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Sep. 30, 2018 9:45 pm
Mt. Pleasant Public Library Board members Brian Carter, left, and Ed Kropa, right, along with Jeff Meyer, library director, center, display a large check, which symbolizes the bequest the library recently received from the Donald E. Young Estate. The library representative announced the donation of $387,617.69 to the library at Wednesday?s city council meeting. In addition to the public library, the Young estate donated funds to the Iowa Wesleyan University library and elementary school libraries. Young, a former educator and administrator in the Mt. Pleasant School District, asked that the funds be used for books. Other recipients from the Young estate were the First Presbyterian Church, the Henry County Heritage Trust (historical books and papers and an extensive history-related slide collection) and the Henry County Health Center (Young?s house and property).